OH MY GOD! Aubss!!!! Geezus! I've been waiting for this for what seemed like ages! I knew it was going to be a MASTERPIECE when you first told me about it.... but this.. I couldn't even imagine it... You blow my mind! I'm happy to see you on EB board.. you belong here. xoxoxoxoxoxo

I also forgot to say that if you weren't such a sweet person I could probably hate you for making me feel like putting a big X on all of my pictures and packing it up... lol... but I guess I'll just stick around and see what you come up with next. :)

Aubrey!! WOW! Your talent is a definite inspiration to us all...this is so friggen real and shiny and just too awesome for words....this car should stay in it's own spot at the head of all of the showcase pics...wow, again!

Your eyes work in ways i'll never understand...i don't think there is one single detail that you missed.
Right down to the reflection of other cars on the side.
you are an absolute master.
It almost scares me how real this looks.
I bet you could post this picture on ebay and someone would bid on the car...not a drawing of a car, but the actual car!

I keep coming back here to look at the reflections... and well, just everything... I swear, Aubrey, if you don't have a job doing this...somebody needs to set your lil' britches on fire. :) *strikes match*

hahah, I'm like everyone else... I keep coming back to stare. You worked so hard on it. The final outcome was worth every minute you put into it. I know how much you care about every single detail (i.e. like the ones we can't even see ;) ) and it truly shows.

This is so awesome. Not only is it of a very cute car, it is a very cool drawing of a very cute car with reflections up there in the "most awesome I have ever seen" catagory. Headwear is tipped to you.

I go away for an eon or two and someone gone and made a psycho picture like this!!

Aubrey, how do you live with yourself exuding such unsurpassable talent? Do you sit in a corner and blush? Stare at the monitor and laugh cockily? No, no, definately NOT the latter...you're too nice...

You simply can't just sit there and smile. Do SOMETHING! You are possibley the greatest to have ever hit 2draw...EVER.

I'm with gigge I can't imagine what to say about a pice of artwork of this caliber!!!!! I can say "You kick ass!!!!" this picture is mind bottling. I think that on new years along with new years pics we should hold a contest to see who is the best..... not to put people down....... cause i won't stand a chance (yet mabey with a lil practice). oh well SWEET PIC keep up the good work i think we yould all bow to aubrey (BOWS!!!!!).

I know this was posted a long time ago, but this picture deserves to be looked at a hell of a lot more times than once, the detail in everything is WOWser.. and now that I can talk after seeing this picture the first time lol, it still baffles me everytime I look at it how much effort you put into it and what an awsome eye and tallent it takes to make a picture so perfect, you did more than draw a picture, you created a masterpiece for everybody to look at, enjoy.. and GAWK AT..............

That is...so....realistic ::faints::
You have some talent that i don't think has been matched as far as i can see, even the masters of the renaissance (ok except da Vinci cuz i love him even though he was gay)
but I love this, my heart skipped a beat and i don't think i can stop staring now , this picture is the paradigm of perfection
(so ...dramatic enough for ya? hehe) beautiful, the way the light reflects and shines on the shiny, shiny, shiney car!

Wow this is incredible. 29 versions?!?! You've worked on this for 3days (or is that a miscalculation for the duration?! (she uses a mouse, Paul). You should make a profit out of this picture, Aubrey. I'm not into cars at all but this looks fabulous. Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pulmon: There's just not that many processes and tenchiques to mention , and if there is, I don't know how to explain them.. I'm not very good at explaining things like that, but I'll try..... I start off usually with a very rough sketch just to make sure everything will fit and and then block in the base colors, usually the middle between the darkest and lightest that'll be used in the pic. After that it's just an endless play of colors to make it look right (the paint was so hard to make look like actual paint instead of just flat color). With this picture I looked at the photograph and tried to imagine what the car would look like if I was standing there, instead of only using what the picture showed. Pictures are only suggestions of what the subject looks like, they're never perfect or dead on with the color or clarity so enhancing it with your imagination can go a long ways towards making it come to life. Examples would be.. the paint was done more out of my thoughts of how that paint would really look, instead of muddied and dulled down like pictures tend to do. Also the parts of the picture that would normally be blurred from the colors mixing and the shot being too far away and you zooming in on it, like the rims, you can try to separate and make more distinct details as if you were really looking at a chrome rim rather than pixelated blurs. The opacity level I figured out makes really smooth color transitions when it's set very low.. Like 35-39 with a very small brush zoomed way in to thousands of degree.. and also using the Anti-Alias tool for smoother lines... then just a whole lot of time and clicks. Alot of colors are used to create one certain color in any picture, instead of say a flat peach or fleshy color, oranges, greens, purples, blues, a whole array of colors are used to create highlights and shading on skin tones. The low opacity lets you subtly blend those colors you would never think were in skin, with the base color you selected, to make something very real looking. Experimenting is best. Just because you made a dark brown the base color doesn't hamper you to just using lighter shades of brown to build highlights and lowlights. As far as tablet or mouse... a tablet is only something in dreams right now, probably will always stay that way since they're not cheap by any stretch of the imagination.. so I use the handy dandy mouse. The time isn't correct but it did take quite awhile to do.. just not nearly as long as it says each time. Everytime I sat down to work on it I was pulled away to do something else. The reference, as I mentioned, was a photo of one of Chip Foose's cars I thought was incredibly beautiful and it truly is a dream car.
Sorry for the length of this but you asked, so I tried to explain as best as I can. I hope it's of some help to you. I appreciate the inquiries and also all of the supportive compliments you people have posted on this picture.
Sweet dreams as always.

Sure why not, I love all kinds of cars Vamp :) And tanks for the cookie Moku.. and good luck with the wrecking (driving) of your first automobile theft NoClue... and tanks again Momma :) and Poppa :) and everybuddy else :)

Okay...I'm commenting again to put this at 100. YAY! Aubrey...I loved your first picture and I love 'em all, even if I don't get around to commenting on every one. You 'are' the queen, the top, the very best. Now get to drawing...I wanna see another pic from you... :)
Edit: I just saw your explanation of how you do some things with opacity, color and all...thank you so much for that...I've basically just found how to do certain things on my own since coming here and that was very informative. Not only are you very, very talented...you are one of the nicest people here...never change that. :)

I honestly don't understand how a person could do something this amazing on 2draw. I guess it just takes a lot of practice. And to have some very incredible talent for tablets and the sort. You ROCK Aubrey!

Thanks for continuing to comment about the different ways the picture has affected all of you. I really do appreciate everything you've all said. I haven't been here so much just because it's frustrating not being able to draw when I see all the wonderful things other people draw. It's literally being so inspired yet having a broken mouse. Imagine the frustration.
You're all still great though, thank you.
Hopefully can get things fixed and be able to come back more regularly soon.

*wavin in the background* I'm still here, I posted a comment on the Kiddo's picture, but guess I should post one here too. I've been insanelyyyy busy here with my nephew who came into the world three years ago now. It's been a long string of great times with him, and I wouldn't trade them for anything. I do need to come back here though and make time to finish up some art and start some new. It's a great way to relax from a stressful work day and those have been the other half of my life. Hope you guys still enjoy my art, and enjoy the new art that will come! (and as always, love you Poppa!)

It's crazily awesome people still come and look at this picture, new and old. Several have asked where I am and when I'll draw another picture. I've been workin on a portrait for a little while and it should be done soon. Hope you enjoy it. I'm happy you all still enjoy this one! You don't know how great it makes a person feel to see almost 5 years later, people still coming to look at something you've done and comment on it. Thank you so much.

Oh,I want this car;are you doing publicity for the Detroit industry,to try and nick us with their new cars?WHY NOT?Go do publicity shots for them.gee.Yes,sweetie,I think this is a type of art you can sell,either in new york gallery,or to Madison Avenue advertising types.Do some excellent quality prints,and sell em.I'd probably buy one.You have gotten very sharp and professional.whewww.

Sorry for being away so long... time keeps slipping further away. I really am thinking of taking art classes again so I can follow my dream of working in art. It's a blessing to have a job in the post office serving so many people... but you just about can't get a lesser creative job than mail. It really feels like I'm meant to be somewhere creative, doing wonderfully imaginative things. I hope everyone here has been well and blessed beyond measure! :)

Ohhhh my goodness......I just fell out of my chair.....this is by far the most amazing piece of artwork that I've ever seen on this site.....I just can't believe my eyes!! You are such an amazing and talented artist......where have you been for so long.....I hope you are back and start drawing again.....I want to see more of your artwork!! :)

Yeah Axil.....I know the year this was done.....in August of 2004......I'm just now seeing it for the first time.....because DaVinci commented on it recently, and that's how I saw it....'lol'. I think this is an amazing work of art....I luv looking at it. This artist is so talented.....I'd love to see her do more artwork here. :)